Bunik said the clinic offers families a variety of services, from vaccinations and medical care to help with mental health issues.

Also available are financial counselors, social workers, and lawyers for medical and housing issues. The clinic also provides practical advice, such as how eligible families can secure food-stamp benefits.

“When they come, they get everything,” Bunik said.

Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation spokeswoman Monique Bronner said the organization serves patients in a seven-state region with multiple locations throughout the area. In addition to its children’s health clinics, the organization has urgent-care facilities.

Funded through donations, the foundation is solely focused on advancing the mission of Children’s Hospital Colorado.

For people such as Halvarson, the Child Health Clinic is a godsend. She takes Joel to the clinic every two weeks or so to make sure he’s OK.

“I have a lot of people call and check up on me. I love this family,” Halvarson said of the clinic staff. “I will never change.”

Carlos Illescas had been with The Denver Post since 1997 before leaving in June 2016. He had worked as a reporter covering the suburbs and was a weekend editor. He previously worked for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Aspen Daily News and graduated from Colorado State University in 1991.

The owners of Boulder’s Sterling University Peaks apartments, who this summer were cited for illegally subdividing 92 bedrooms in the complex, have reached an agreement to settle the case for $410,000, the city announced Thursday.